Torque converter is showing signs of failure with van a less than 50k miles. A transmission flush and service including ford's friction modifier did not fix.
2007 Ford Freestar transmission problems
37 complaints (58% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 97,000.
- owner complaints
- 37
- of this car's complaints
- 58%
- typical mileage
- 97,000
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Automatic transmission8
- Automatic transmission: torque converter4
At what mileage
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Ford Freestar transmission problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2007 Ford Freestar transmission
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Engine Stalling
The subject vehicles suffered from a design issue whereby water could run down onto the cowling under the hood and located in the area of the windshield wipers and then drip onto a computer module, the Powertrain Control Module (PCM), which could be manifested in a variety of symptoms depending on which part of the circuit board became wet or which of the connector pins shorted out.In addition to causing an engine to stall, which may or may not then restart, the water intrusion could also cause the transmission to shift poorly, the vehicle to have erratic power, a malfunction indicator light to come on, or result in an inability to start the vehicle, an inability to shift the vehicle into either forward or reverse. Also the problem could cause a higher than normal idle RPM in Park, or for the radio to malfunction, or the interior lights to stay on.During this investigation ODI was concerned with the effect of the engine stalling or a drastic and sudden loss of power either of which may create a safety risk.In reviewing the actual number of these types of incidents, collectively referred to here as engine stalls, the number was found to be below what would be considered a defect trend.For example, the number of engine stalls identified in Ford's warranty claims for the model year (MY) 2004 subject vehicles, the MY with the most failures, was 200 out of population of 125,865, for a failure rate of 0.16%.The one crash recorded by a complainant to the federal safety agency, VOQ 10311522, alleged that the engine stalled, due to water intrusion into the PCM, while the road was turning causing her to go off the road and according to the police report the vehicle then hit an embankment and a tree stump. Ford reported in their response that there were three alleged crashes but none of these were validated as being caused by a problem with water intrusion into the PCM causing a stall.Accordingly this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will continue to monitor complaints and other information relating to the alleged defect in the subject vehicles and take further action in the future if warranted.
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What 2007 Ford Freestar owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
I have a 2007 ford freestar se. Vin# [xxx]. At 102,296 miles the transmission failed. I was driving it on a side street at approximately 15 miles per hour. I was accelerating from a stop sign, when the transmission appeared to slip into neutral. I looked and it was still in drive, I tried downshifting, putting it into neutral and back into drive and nothing worked. I coasted to the side of the road and put it into park. That appeared to work. I then tried using reverse and it did not engage. I then tried all gears and nothing happened. I then had the vehicle towed to my house. I let it cool down and it still did not work. The transmission fluid is a clean pink and smells brand new. I proceeded to do online research to determine the problem and if it can be easily repaired, what I found was very interesting. It was a very common problem occurring around 103,000 miles. Many (hundreds if not thousands of people had the same issue with this vehicle spanning several years, most notably from 2004 through 2006. There was a recall issued for those years. There was not, however, a recall for the 2007 model year. There are numerous people with this year and problem as well. I am curious as to why the 2007 model year was not included when it obviously suffers the same issue.. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
"takata recall" while driving my van I lost to go to the bank, when I went to put my foot on the gas pedal it would not go. There was no movement. It made this funny sound under the hood. I had no warning, it shifted gears, my husband even plugged in the code reader and nothing came up. As we are looking into the issue the torke converter went out in the transmission. So now this needs to be replaced. We we're on a it street at a stop light getting ready to make a left hand turn.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. While driving approximately 25 MPH, while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact heard a rattling noise under the hood. The contact stated that the rattling noise seized once the speed was reduced. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to homer skelton ford of millington (9030 us-51, millington, tn 38053 (901) 873-3673) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 152,000.
Noise from the transmission. Car will surge jump while in gear.my car only has 48000 miles
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. While depressing the accelerator pedal at any speed, the vehicle did not respond and a warning light illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque converter failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Transmission just stopped working with roughly 77,835 miles, in a stationary mode parked. Ford transmission they put in had a better warranty than on the new car.
When I touched the transmission gear shift one morning, the car began rolling down my driveway & rolled into the street. I had a hard time stopping the vehicle because the engine was not yet running & the power brakes were not on. The gear shift lever would not hold in park or any of the other gears. I had the vehicle towed to a transmission repair shop. When I told the mechanic what had happened, he said it was the transmission torque converter & said, "this is a common problem with this vehicle." "I have replaced hundreds of them over the years. Other independent transmission repair shops have said the same thing. When I asked the clerk at the local ford dealer parts dept., they would not tell me how many of the torque converters they have replaced. Nor could I get any information from their transmission repair mechanics. My independent mechanic did show me the defective part of my transmission & demonstrated how the spline in the converter had worn out because it was not proper heat treated for proper hardening & thus the part malfunctioned. Needless to say, the pump shaft gear which inserts itself in the spline does not have this malfunction. Therefore, any transmission mechanic or laymen can only come to the conclusion that this part #06050700015 is a defective part & should have been recalled. This malfunction is corrected with an after-market part. I had to pay $1200 to have this defective part removed & replaced. You can imagine the hundreds or thousands dollars ford owner all over the country have had to replace this defective part. I have spoken to two ford motor co. Customer service reprs. & they say, "there is nothing they can do about it." I also wrote a registered letter to ford motor co. Corporate office & received a mail reply with the same response. Initially I was only asking ford mo. To compensate me $250. For the defective part & not the $1200.
Driven car started to sound like broken axle,took to ford dealer george wall shrewsbury,n.j. It cost a $ 150.00 they held car for 2 days and told us that there was nothing wrong with the car. Noise kept getting worst frend for chrysler listened to it and drove it he said it was transmission problem. I had new transmission put in car at cost of $3500.00. I kept calling ford with no luck. This vehicle was manufactured in june06,2006
Questions about the 2007 Ford Freestar transmission
Does the 2007 Ford Freestar have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 37 complaints about the transmission of the 2007 Ford Freestar, 58% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 2007 Ford Freestar transmission problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 97,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2007 Ford Freestar transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Ford Freestar have bad transmission?
The Ford Freestar model years with the most transmission complaints are 2004 (851 complaints), 2005 (677 complaints) and 2006 (254 complaints).
Other 2007 Ford Freestar problems
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